Trump says he'll pay for TV ads that praised him and which government funded

President Donald Trump on Monday evening said that he and his political action committee will pay for controversial television ads that praised him and had been funded by the U.S. government.

Trump's announcement came after continued backlash to the ads, which had run in the weeks leading up to November's midterm elections. Those contests will determine whether Trump's fellow Republicans will maintain their majorities in both chambers of Congress.

"The Radical Left is upset with the fact that I am taking Ads, which I consider to be a positive promotion for our Great U.S.A., and paying for them with U.S.A. money," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

"This is a rather standard thing to do but, rather than doing that, although nothing will make them happy, I have decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc.," Trump said.

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